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AP American History

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2 primary goals of the progressive movement   improve the quality of urban life and help immigrants adjust to American life.  
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Prominent among those who aroused the progressive movement by stirring the public's sense of concern were   socialists, social gospels, women, and muckraking journalists.  
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Which of the following was not among the targets of muckraking journalistic exposes?   army and navy  
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Most progressives were who   immigrants  
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Among the political reforms sought by the progressives were   initiative and referendum, direct election of senators, and women's suffrage  
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The states where progressivism first gained great influence   Wisconsin, Oregon, and California  
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The Supreme Court case of Muller v. Oregon was seen as a victory for both progressivism and women's suffrage rights because it   upheld the right of women to vote in state and local elections.  
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President Roosevelt ended the major Penn. coal strike by   forcing the mine owners and workers to negotiate by threatening to seize the coal mines and operate them with federal troops.  
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The Roosevelt-backed Elkins Act and Hepburn Act were aimed at   more effective regulation of the railroad industry.  
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The controversy over the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park revealed   a philosophical disagreement between wilderness preservationists and more moderate multiple-use conservationists.  
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Two issues that Roosevelt especially promoted as part of his progressive policies were   consumer protection and conservation of nature  
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Roosevelt was blamed by big business for the Panic of 1907 because   his progressive boat rocking tactics had allegedly unsettled industry and undermined business confidence.  
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Progressive Republicans grew deeply disillusioned with Taft, especially over the issues of   trust-busting, tariffs, and conservation  
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Roosevelt finally decided to break w/ the Republicans and form a third party because   Taft had used his control of the Republican party machine to deny Roosevelt the nomination.  
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A largely middle class movement that aimed to use the power of government to correct the economic and social problems of industrialism.   Progressivism  
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Journalists who used publicity to expose corruption and abuses of power   Muckraking  
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Progressive proposal allowed voters to bypass state legislatures and propose legislation themselves   Initiative  
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Progressive device that would enable voters to remove corrupt or ineffective officials from office   recall  
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Roosevelt's policy of having the fed. gov. promote the public interest by dealing evenhandedly with labor and business   Square Deal  
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Effective railroad-regulation law of 1906 that greatly strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission   Hepburn Act  
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Sinclair's novel that inspired pro-consumer federal laws regulating meat, food, and drugs   The Jungle  
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Powerful women's reform organization led by Frances Willard   Womens Christian Temperance Union  
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Brief sharp economic downturn of 1907, blamed by conservatives on the dangerous president   Panic of 1907  
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Unsuccessful Taft foreign policy in which government attempted to encourage overseas business ventures   Dollar diplomacy  
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Powerful corporation broken up by Taft-initiated antitrust suit in 1911   Standard Oil Company  
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